Geschirr

From Middle High German geschirre (“harness, gear”), from Old High German giskirri, giscirri (literally “the trimmed (thing)”), from skeran (“to shear”), from Proto-Germanic *skeraną. Cognate with German Geschirr.

Geschirr n (Uri)

1. dishware
2. yoke

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 74.

From Middle High German geschirre (“harness, gear”), from Old High German giskirri, giscirri (literally “the trimmed (thing)”), from skeran (“to shear”), from Proto-Germanic *skeraną. Cognate with Alemannic German Geschirr.

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈʃɪʁ/, [ɡɛˈʃɪɐ̯]

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Geschirr n (strong, genitive Geschirres or Geschirrs, plural Geschirre)

1. (collective) dishware
2. (obsolete) vessel, container

   Synonym: Gefäß

3. harness

• Essgeschirr

• → Czech: kšírovat
• → Silesian: geszyra

• “Geschirr” in Duden online
• “Geschirr” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache